Police said armed troops will reinforce security at the 16th-century temple in Kandy, which was targeted ... the UNESCO-designated temple when the tooth relic was last displayed in March 2009.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged Sri Lanka's holy city of Kandy ... relic, triggering traffic chaos and public protests. Devotees who had camped overnight outside the Temple of the Tooth ...

Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) — Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka’s holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday’s display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public ...

the Temple of the Tooth, in the central pilgrim city of Kandy on April 18, 2025, ahead of an exposition of the sacred relics. The public display of what Buddhists believe to be a tooth relic of ...

Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the ...

KANDY - Thousands ... of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time in 16 years. Around 10,000 police have been deployed to safeguard the Temple of the Tooth as it launches ...